The Town Board finds that the establishment of specific licensing
and reporting requirements for personal property acquired by pawnbrokers
will curtail the distribution and facilitate the recovery of stolen
property and minimize additional criminal activity in the Town and
that the establishment of such licensing and reporting requirements
to monitor and track the transactions set forth in this chapter is
necessary for the protection of the citizens of the Town and is reasonable
and appropriate.
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following
definitions:
LICENSEE
A pawnbroker duly issued a valid pawnbroker's license,
as well as his or her operators, officers, employees, agents and assigns.
PAWNBROKER
Any person or business establishment who holds goods as collateral
on short-term, interest- or fee-based loans or a person who qualifies
as a collateral loan broker pursuant to § 52 of the New
York General Business Law.
PAWNBROKER'S LICENSE
A license issued by the Town Clerk to any pawnbroker pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this chapter
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such determination shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph or section thereof directly involved in the proceeding in
which such adjudication shall have been rendered.